While you were busy managing the day to day operations of your small business, solving the most recent problem and handling the latest curve ball thrown at you, the rest of the world was getting more technologically savvy.

Here are some staggering numbers:

• 225 million people in the US use mobile devices. (Source: Business Insider)
• Facebook has 1.06 billion monthly active users. (Source CNET)
• There are 343 million Google+ users and more than 200 million active twitter users. (Source:Digital Marketing Ramblings)

Yet, the number of small businesses using social media continues to hover at about 47%.  Continue reading →